CS 1100 101 Discrete Mathematics
Syllabus, Spring 2012

Class Schedule
The class meets from 2:00-2:50, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in CAP 112.


Instructor
Dr. Alice McRae


Office
127C CAP Building


Telephone Numbers
Office: 262-2385, Home: 265-3359


Office Hours
10:00-11:00 MTWRF and 3:30-4:30 MTWR


Textbook
A First Course in Discrete Mathematics, by John C. Molluzzo and Fred Buckley

Additional Class Notes
A summary of class material, current homework, and practice homework solutions can be found by following the appropriate links from the following page: http://www.cs.appstate.edu/~aam/classes/1100. I will depend on students to let me know if there are errors or missing sections. Some of the summary notes were written by Dr. Dolores Parks.


Grading

Attendance, Homework, Quizzes (Options) 25%
Exams (2 @ 25% each) 50%
Final exam (cumulative) 25%

Attendance
Students should make every effort to attend all classes. Missing class is the number one reason for poor performance in this class. If a student misses class, he/she is still responsible for all the material covered in the class, as well as for any assigned due dates or schedule changes. Attendance will be taken every class period, or so I plan. This grade will be calculated from the table below.

0 - 2 absences 100%
3 or 4 absences 75%
5 or 6 absences 50%
7 or 8 absences 25%
> 8 absences 0%

Homework
Homework will be assigned regularly. For each homework, there will be a practice homework and a graded homework. The answers will be posted on the web for the practice homework. The practice homework will not be graded.


Grade Option
On the first quiz, students will select of one of three plans for the 25% attendance, homework, quiz portion of their grades:

Quizzes only 25%
Quizzes and Homework 15% and 10%
Quizzes, Homework, and Attendance 10%, 10% and 5%

Final Grade

      A 91-100   A- 90
B+ 89   B 81-88   B- 80
C+ 79   C 71-78   C- 70
D+ 69   D 61-68   D- 60
      F below 60      

Content
Discrete mathematics is a course that is critical to success in computer science. It is a corequisite for CS 2440. Topics to be covered include number systems, data representation in computers, elementary logic, set theory, functions, boolean algebra, circuit design, proofs by induction, combinatorics, and graph theory.


Reading
You are expected to read the appropriate sections of the book before lecture. If you are not sure which sections of the book correspond to the material we are covering, please ask in class. Sometimes we will cover material that is not in the textbook. Usually additional material will be covered in class notes found on the web.


Make-ups
Unless arrangements are worked out in advance, missed tests cannot be made up. If a student has an absence on a test day, then the final exam grade will substitute for the missed test.


Final Exam
The final exam will be held on Tuesday, May 8th from 3:00 to 5:30 pm.